Cycle saddle



Feb. 8, 1938. 'J. w. BRANDT ET AL CYCLE SADDLE Filed Dec. 9, 1935 FIG. 4-.

R O T N E V m Q, R m wn R A DD mm M WW R T BD .N w N qv H O Y B Patented F eb. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CYCLE SADDLE John W. Brandt and Andrew J. Linder, Elyria,

Ohio, 'assignors to The Troxel Manufacturing Company, Elyria, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application December 9, 1935, Serial No'. 53,491

3 Claims. Our invention relates to cycle saddles and relates more particularly to cycle saddles of a which the truss member is'removably aifixed by means of a saddle clamp, the forward end of the 20 cycle saddle preferably involving the use of a 30 otherwise presentable appearance of the cycle saddle.

35 ly and expeditiously manufactured and assembled done by highly skilled labor.

Other objects of our invention and the inven- 4 tion itself will become more readily apparent to and by reference to the accompanying description of the said embodiment.

Referring now to the drawing:

Fig. 1 illustrates mostly in vertical longitudinal medial section, an

ing a typical cycle saddle seat.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a Fig. 1.

section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 4 is a Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a tubular saddle post guide employed in the said embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the element of Fig. 5.

section taken on the line 44 of there secured by welding, or otherwise, flanges I4 of a post carrying member [6. The post I! is preferably of square or other non-circular CIQSS'; sectional form and is riveted at its upper end at l8 to an intermediate portion of the member IE1.

A preferably helical spring I9 is telescoped over the post l! until its upper end bears against the bottom surface of the member l6, suitably formed as illustrated to maintain the spring l9 substantially coaxial with the post l1.

Then there is successively teiescoped'upwardly on the post ll, a tubular post'guiding casing 20, there, being an intermediate annular dished spring support element 2i interposed between the upper end 22 of the casing 29 andthe bottom convolution of the spring IS herebythe spring I9 is confinedly held in sublstantially axial relationship with the post I! between the elements it and 2|. i v

The guiding casing 20 isillustrat'ed in Figs. 5 and 6 at 23, as being intermediately and for most of its length of cylindrical form, and having its upper ends pressed to a non circular form herein shown as being square in transverse section. The square bore 24 at the two ends 22 of the casing 23 is just enough larger than the square post ii that said post may be readily reciprocated freely through the two squared bored portions 25 without undue friction. The lower end of the post shown in Fig. 1 as projecting beyond the lower end of the casing 20, is transversely bored to permit the pin 25 to be passed from either side thereof so as to engage with the lower squared end 22 of the casing 23 upon upward movements of the saddle.

The provision :of the retaining pin 25 makes the cycle saddle with the post l'lg spring l9, casing 26 and spring support 2|, a unitary assembly pf parts'which can be removably affixed to any fstandard type cycle frame and replaced whenever desired. 1 i

The casing 2c is adapted to; be clamped by operation of the bolt 8 and the put 9 in any desired position so as to raise or lower the saddle for riders of f arious sizes. the nut 9 on the bolt 8, the entire assembly may be removed, and if desirable, removal of the pin 25 will permit the substitution of, a different spring H) which may be lighter or heavier for lighter or heavier riders. 1 7

In use, the cycle saddle is adapted to variably compress the spring l9 according to the weight of the rider on the amount of the up-and-down jolting movement imparted by the terrane to the cycle in a manner that will be well under- Also by loosening stood from the above description of the mechanism. I

Having thus described our invention which is herein illustrated, we contemplate that numerous and extensive departures may be made from the embodiment herein illustrated, but without departing from the spirit of our invention.

We claim;

1'. In a cycle saddle the combination with a cycie seat, a saddle post, a post supporting rfiemher to which the upper end of said post is rigidly secured and to which the seat is secured, a tubular post receiving and guiding casing adapted to be adjustably telescoped within the saddle post receiving tube of a cycle frame and to be rigidly secured therein, a radially extending flange supported by the upper end of said casing, and a coiled spring telescoped over saidpost and interposed between said post supporting member and said flange; said saddle post projecting within said casing and having its lower end portion freely reciprocable therein during use of the saddle, said post and casingf having inter-engaging surfaces relatively so formed as to prevent rotational movementzof said post in said casing.

2. In a cycle saddle the combination with a cycle seat, of a tubular casing adapted to be ad justably telescoped within a portion of a cycle frame and be rigidly secured therein, airadially extending flange supported by the casing, an element secured to the under side 20f the cycle seat, spring means interposed between said element and said flange to resiliently support the cycle seat, and a saddle post rigidly secured to said element and supported thereby, the saddle post having a lower portion freely reciprocable within the casing during use of the saddle, and the post being non-rotatable relative to the casing.

3. In a cycle or the like saddle, thecombination with a cycle seat of a metal element rigidly secured to the undergside of the seat, a tubular casing, a radially outwardly extending flange supported by the casing, the casing being adapted to be adjustably mounted in a cycle frame, a coiled spring having its lower convolution seating upon said flange and its upper convolution engaging the metal element to resiliently slipport the seat, a saddle post rigidly connected to the metal element and supported thereby, and the post lower portion'being freely reciprocal in the casing but non-rotatable therewith.

JOHN W. BRANDT. ANDREW J LINDER. 

